- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Photoshopping The Woman Out Of Mishpacha Magazine
** Digitally Altered Photo by Mishpacha Magazine ** ** Original Photo ** Guess what Mishpacha changed? by Reb Akiva at Mystical Paths I enjoy Mishpacha magazine, the "Jewish Family Weekly" for the orthodox Jewish community (published out of Israel). Actually, … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Truth
Tagged akiva, hizbollah, iranian press, mystical paths, original photo, orthodox jewish community
Comments Off on Photoshopping The Woman Out Of Mishpacha Magazine
The Budget Crisis Facing the LAUSD is a Red Herring
Rabbi Nachum Shifren (WWW.RabbiFor26.com) emails: There are some things that people refuse to speak, even if they are true. We live in a culture that is so ingrained with "cultural sensitivities" that some issues may not, cannot, be discussed for … Continue reading
Posted in R. Nachum Shifren
Tagged cafeteria workers, core academics, high school exit exam, red herring, risk of failure, school exit exam
Comments Off on The Budget Crisis Facing the LAUSD is a Red Herring
Failed Messiah On A Tear
Failed Messiah reports: I broke this story a month ago and then added to Monday night. The JTA’s report is clearly based on these two posts. The JTA skips all mention of the involvement of Chabad’s national prison outreach organization, … Continue reading
Posted in FailedMessiah
Tagged aleph institute, automatic citizenship, federal prisons, prison outreach, rubashkin, tax deductible donations
Comments Off on Failed Messiah On A Tear
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown
Remember the Spring of 2007? Everything was great with the economy. Consumer spending was strong. The credit markets looked strong. Sure, the real estate bubble had burst. I am reading this 2008 book by Charles Morris, "The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged ben bernanke, citigroup cfo, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, global gdp, hank paulson
Comments Off on The Trillion Dollar Meltdown
Holy Dazed
Steven I. Weiss writes: You can learn some really fascinating things when interviewing celebrities, comedians and New York media types about their Judaism. Holy Dazed, our series that combines these interviews into humorous vignettes, was just supposed to be funny, … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Channel
Tagged george clooney, humorous vignettes, jewish heritage, jewish traditions, massive investments, page six
Comments Off on Holy Dazed